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Luke 20:5

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

KJV

οἱ δὲ συνελογίσαντο πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς λέγοντες ὅτι ἐὰν εἴπωμεν· ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἐρεῖ· διατί οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ;

Greek NT

At illi cogitabant intra se, dicentes : Quia si dixerimus : De cælo, dicet : Quare ergo non credidistis illi ?

Vulgate

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him?

ASV

But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe in him?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διατί
diati
particle · 24×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
συλλογίζομαι
sullogizomai
verb · 1×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐρέω
ereo
verb · 96×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. Yea, says one; he speaks plainly enough, but the question is if there be any reason in this plainness. For he did not see them sinning, but in the act of change; wherefore they did not deserve blame, but rather praise and approbation, for having left city and houses, and making haste to hear his preaching. What then shall we say? That he had not things present, and even now …

Cross-references

  • Mark 8:16 — And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
  • Matt 21:25 — The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?